Cohousing-L Mailing List: New cohousing book

[Graham Meltzer (graham]

Greetings

I am pleased to announce that the book I have been working on for longer than I 
care to mention is now available.  I know many of you have been looking forward 
to its publication given the scarcity of cohousing related literature out 
there. 

The book is titled:  'Sustainable Community: Learning from the cohousing 
model'.  The jacket notes read:

"This book explores the link between ‘sustainability’ and ‘community’.  It is 
based on a 10-year study of cohousing, a popular new type of planned 
residential community that addresses pressing environmental and social needs.  
It uses data (including 120 photographs, 50 diagrams and 30 tables) from twelve 
cohousing developments in Canada, the US, New Zealand, Australia and Japan – 
concrete examples of successful sustainable communities. 




The book is scholarly and authoritative, yet accessible to a broad intelligent 
readership as an illustrated account of a fascinating cultural phenomenon. It 
will be valuable to students of architecture, planning, sociology, community 
psychology and environmental studies as well as architects, planners and other 
professionals.  It should prompt local authorities and developers to envisage 
and implement genuinely sustainable urban development proposals.  




Sustainable Community – Learning from the cohousing model provides in-depth and 
insightful information for participants in the cohousing, ecovillage, 
sustainability and communities movements. It is well known that such activists 
face a scarcity of literature from which to draw ideas and inspiration. This 
book will help fill that void.



“If this book encourages more people to explore innovative ways of sharing 
living space, it will have made a real contribution to a better future.”  
Professor Ian Lowe AO 
  

Dr Graham Meltzer is considered the world’s leading expert on cohousing. He is 
an architect, scholar and commercial photographer who consults, researches and 
lectures in environmental and social architecture, housing and communalism."

Details about the book, including some excerpts, are available from my web site 
www.grahammeltzer.com/cohousing/index.htm

The book can be purchased online from the publishers at  
www.trafford.com/04-2802

Best wishes
Graham

graham meltzer
architectural photography
web: www.grahammeltzer.com
ph: (07)55347595   mob: 0429347595
6/329-333 golden four drive, tugun, qld 4224